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Common names:
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Frequency:
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Local |
Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Slender wiry climber with delicate opposite leaves, ovate with a long acuminate apex. No milky latex seen. Sepals 5. Corolla lobes greenish-white, purple-red towards the base; corona, greenish white and purple-red outside, green in centre. |
Notes:
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Specimens are present in SRGH (Müller 2841) and KEW (Chase 576, Chase 5473, Wild 4507, Harder et al. 3817). It has been found, again in Vumba (Hyde & Wursten sn, image 1), Tsetsera, Mozambique (Wursten sight record) and on Mt Gorongosa in Mozambique (Wursten & Ballings 487). It appears to be very close to the East African species T. tenuipedunculata K. Schum., differing mainly in having much larger anther wings. |
Derivation of specific name:
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Habitat:
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In evergreen forest |
Altitude range: (metres) |
1400 - 2000 m |
Flowering time: | |
Worldwide distribution:
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Only from the border mountains of Mozambique and Zimbabwe and Mt Gorongosa in Mozambique. |
Zimbabwe distribution:
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E |
Growth form(s):
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Endemic status:
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Near Endemic |
Red data list status:
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Insects associated with this species:
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Images last updated: |
Wednesday 1 February 2006 |
Literature:
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Goyder, D.J., Gilbert, M.G. & Venter, H.J.T. (2020). Apocynaceae (Part 2) Flora Zambesiaca 7(2) Page 360. Protologue
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